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1. Between Terrorism and Civil War

   The al-Aqsa Intifada

   Edited by Clive Jones, Ami Pedahzur

   This volume seeks to explore whether the current violence, its origins and dynamics can best be understood as a manifestation of civil war. In so doing, it considers how the use of violence by all parties has been conditioned and/or constrained by the domestic factors pertaining to their societies,...

   To Be Published August 15th 2013 by Routledge
2. Political Parties and Terrorist Groups

   By Leonard Weinberg, Ami Pedahzur, Arie Perliger

   Series: Extremism and Democracy

   This book is the definitive guide to the topical issue of the relationship between political parties that embrace the democratic process and terrorist groups which eschew the legal and procedural strictures of democracy. The fully revised edition continues to provide the most detailed theoretical...

   Published November 3rd 2008 by Routledge
3. Between Terrorism and Civil War

   The al-Aqsa Intifada

   Edited by Clive Jones, Ami Pedahzur

   This volume seeks to explore whether the current violence, its origins and dynamics can best be understood as a manifestation of civil war. In so doing, it considers how the use of violence by all parties has been conditioned and/or constrained by the domestic factors pertaining to their societies,...

   Published March 1st 2007 by Routledge
4. Root Causes of Suicide Terrorism

   The Globalization of Martyrdom

   Edited by Ami Pedahzur

   Series: Political Violence

   This highly topical new study clearly shows how there are at least two reasons to question the central role that is assigned to religion, in particular Islam, when explaining suicide terrorism. suicide terrorism is a modern phenomenon, yet Islam is a very old religion. Except for two periods...

   Published June 21st 2006 by Routledge
5. Religious Fundamentalism and Political Extremism

   Edited by Ami Pedahzur, Leonard Weinberg

   This book explores the relationships between fundamentalist religious belief, political extremism and outbreaks of religiously inspired violence. Is the post-Cold War world increasingly violent and is this violence the result of strident religious understandings of how societies should be organized?...

   Published March 24th 2004 by Routledge
6. Political Parties and Terrorist Groups

   By Ami Pedahzur, Leonard Weinberg

   Series: Extremism and Democracy

   What is the relationship between the political parties that embrace the democratic process and terrorist groups, which eschew the legal and procedural strictures of democracy?This acclaimed volume provides a detailed theoretical and empirical analysis of this controversial issue. Drawing...

   Published September 17th 2003 by Routledge